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Man of a Thousand Faces is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Pevney released in USA on 15 august 1957 with James Cagney

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Man of a Thousand Faces
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Released in USA 15 august 1957
Length 2h2
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating70% 3.544913.544913.544913.544913.54491

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) is a film detailing the life of silent movie actor Lon Chaney, in which the title role is played by James Cagney.

Directed by Joseph Pevney, the film's cast included Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer and Jim Backus. Chaney's grown son was played by Roger Smith, later the star of television's 77 Sunset Strip, and studio chief Irving Thalberg was portrayed by Robert Evans, who soon left acting and eventually became head of Paramount Pictures.

Synopsis

In the early 1900s, actor Lon Chaney (James Cagney) is working in vaudeville with his wife Cleva (Dorothy Malone). Chaney quits the show and Cleva announces that she is pregnant. Lon is happy and tells Cleva that he has been hired by the famous comedy team Kolb and Dill for an upcoming show.

Actors

James Cagney

(Lon Chaney)Dorothy Malone

(Cleva Creighton Chaney)Jane Greer

(Hazel Bennet Chaney)Jim Backus

(Clarence Locan)Robert Evans

(Irving Thalberg)
And :
Troy Donahue
Marjorie Rambeau
Celia Lovsky
Jeanne Cagney
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